The following ARHS students have been named Commended Students in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors
Alper, Leah Hannah
Beresford-Banker, Lula Esther
Bix, Maia Clay
Brooks, Spencer Christian
Dahill-Baue, Clara Elisabeth Green Berry Sage
DeChiara, Josia Valeria Gertz
Denit, John Lucas Nelson
Hutcheson, Bellenden Ian
Hwang-Carlos, Miriam Soo-Young
Jeffries, Thomas Edward
Julien, David Wilson
Manson, Emily Athena Morris
McLaughlin, Kathleen Louise
Naughton, Thomas James
Olmsted, Jaimon Henry
Orlinsky, Ezra Jeremy Koehler
Pruyne, Matthew Ian
Pryciak, Jessalyn Goutte
Salvage, Ashlyn Victoria
Shannon-Dabek, Nadja
Teveleva, Irina
Zhu, Angela
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional Academic Promise. Although they will not continue in the 2013 competition for National Merit Scholarships, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2013 competition by taking the 2011 Preliminary National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
Back row: Bellenden Ian Hutcheson, Matthew Pruyne, Spencer Brooks, John Lucas Denit, David Julien, Thomas Naughton, Jaimon Olmstead, Thomas Jeffries
Middle row: Ezra Orlinsky, Lula Beresford-Banker, Nadja Shannon-Dabek, Angela Zhu, Maia Bix, Miriam Hwang-Carlos
Front Row: Kathleen McLaughlin, Ashlyn Salvage, Jessamyn Pryciak, Emily Manson, Claire Dahill-Baue, Leah Alper, Irina Teveleva
Not Pictured: Josia DeChiara
"Recognizing academically talented students plays a fundamental role in the advancement of educational excellence within our nation," commented an NMSC spokesperson. "The young people recognized as Commended Students represent some of the best and brightest minds in the country as demonstrated by their outstanding performance in our highly competitive program. We sincerely hope this recognition will provide them with additional educational outlets and motivate them in their pursuit of academic achievement."
The following Amherst Regional High School students are among some 3,100 Outstanding Participants in the National Achievement Scholarship program being referred to US colleges and universities: Gary L. Burnett, Serena L. Ditkoff and Syry R. Mitchell. These students scored in the top 3 percent of more than 160,000 Black Americans who requested consideration in the 2013 National Achievement Program when they took the 2011 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
The National Achievement Scholarship Program was initiated in 1964 specifically to honor academically promising Black American high school seniors.
